Yale Book of American VerseThomas R. Lounsbury Yale University Press, 1912 - 570 pages |
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Page xii
... truth , abounds in singular judgments which men of genius have passed upon the productions of other men of genius . It is often hard to tell which is the more remarkable - the mean opinion which these entertain of what the rest of the ...
... truth , abounds in singular judgments which men of genius have passed upon the productions of other men of genius . It is often hard to tell which is the more remarkable - the mean opinion which these entertain of what the rest of the ...
Page xiv
... , this estimate comes into direct conflict with the deliberate and settled opinion of the great body of cultivated read- ers , it is really of no value at all . For the truth is that in the case of works [ xiv ] A WORD ABOUT ANTHOLOGIES.
... , this estimate comes into direct conflict with the deliberate and settled opinion of the great body of cultivated read- ers , it is really of no value at all . For the truth is that in the case of works [ xiv ] A WORD ABOUT ANTHOLOGIES.
Page xv
Thomas R. Lounsbury. For the truth is that in the case of works of the imagination the settled judgment of the great body of cultivated men is infinitely superior to the judg- ment of any one man , however eminent . Very wisely that body ...
Thomas R. Lounsbury. For the truth is that in the case of works of the imagination the settled judgment of the great body of cultivated men is infinitely superior to the judg- ment of any one man , however eminent . Very wisely that body ...
Page xvi
... truth . In each of the cases just mentioned the question has been settled accordingly . However wide differences of opinion may be as to the actual or comparative value of particular pieces , the verdict of the educated multitude has ...
... truth . In each of the cases just mentioned the question has been settled accordingly . However wide differences of opinion may be as to the actual or comparative value of particular pieces , the verdict of the educated multitude has ...
Page xviii
... truth , not only upon the assumption that the editor's acquaintance with the poetical literature of our race is absolutely complete , but that his judgment of the comparative excellence of the pieces composing it is absolutely perfect ...
... truth , not only upon the assumption that the editor's acquaintance with the poetical literature of our race is absolutely complete , but that his judgment of the comparative excellence of the pieces composing it is absolutely perfect ...
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